The Lagos State University (LASU), on
Wednesday said it would admit between 4,800
and 5,200 candidates for the 2016/2017
academic session. ....
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof.
Olarenwaju Fagbohun said this in an interview
with newsmen in Lagos, he said the reason for
this was to give room for other development
during the exercise, he noted that some of the
students offered provisional admission may
not register and some may have gotten
admission elsewhere, among other reasons.
Fagbohun said the carrying capacity quota for
the university from the National Universities
Commission (NUC) was actually over 7,000.
But, the university’s authorities do not want to
stretch the available faculties because of
greed, he said. “As a responsible institution
that had conducted an audit of the available
facilities, we have decided not to go beyond
admitting 5,200 candidates until we expand
our facilities.
He added that the institution is working
towards improving the school facilities in order
to meet with NUC quota which will enable
applicants to choose the institution as their
most preferred. According to him, the present
population of the school is 13,000 and the
management is adhering to the NUC’s
guidelines regarding teacher students ratio. He
also added that the institution was preparing
for the accreditation of 32 programmes to be
carried out by the NUC this month.
